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School board accepts several donations to student accounts, including $5,000 for meal balances
Summary
The Darlington Community School District board accepted multiple donations Jan. 7, 2026 — including $5,000 earmarked for negative student meal account balances and several smaller gifts to student activity funds — all motions were carried.
The Darlington Community School District board on Jan. 7 accepted multiple charitable donations to student activity accounts and to offset negative meal balances. A motion by Board Member Stauffacher, seconded by Zuberbuhler, approved each donation; the minutes record the board 'motion carried' on every item.
Donations recorded in the minutes include $5,000 from Randal Zemlicka and Cynthia Miller designated for the district's negative student meal account balances; $1,000 from the Camacho Family Charitable Fund to the Science Account; $173.25 from Grace Lutheran Church in Darlington and $100 from Glennie’s, LLC to the DEMS Service Learning Student Activity Account (supporting 'Rosie Bags'); and two anonymous gifts of $100 and $500 to service-learning and needy-student accounts. The board did not record a separate roll-call vote for these items; each motion was noted 'Motion carried.'
